The Lab
The Lab is where I think out loud. These are my raw notes, half-formed ideas, scripture observations, clinical patterns I’m noticing, things I’m working through, and who knows what else.
I also like to make things, so The Lab is my way of holding myself accountable.
This is where it happens before it gets polished and market-y. Newest posts at the top.
A Grandmother’s Tale
/in The Lab/by loriThe lore this week has been around a missing lock of hair on my two-year-old grandson’s head. Clearly cut off by someone.
Interrogation of the oldest one resulted in the possibility the young one had, in fact, done it himself. But not conclusive.
Yesterday we were having fun with scissors and coloring books.
I recorded him going about his task with great skill and precision. From behind the camera, I said, we may have found the culprit in the haircut dilemma.
“Haircut?!” he said. “It’s paper!”
He continued on his surgical journey. Then when he had finished, looked up at me and deftly placed upon his head, the scissors.
This one is the mastermind.
Why Retraining Your Attention Is the New Survival Skill
/in The Lab/by loriOnce upon an Internet time, ads were relegated to banners and sidebars.
If you don’t think ads are coming to AI, you’re kidding yourself.
The future will require us to retrain our focus and attention like Olympic athletes.
Read my latest series The Dopamine Era to learn where we are with our attention, and how we can use it to survive an AI future.
Christianity Isn’t About the Culture War — It’s About Following Christ
/in The Lab/by loriSomewhere in the last 50 years it became about issues instead of a Person.
It’s about following Christ and being in such a close relationship with Him that you’re doing everything you can to be just like Him.
Others from all corners of that public square may notice how you live your life, and want to know, what’s up with that?
That’s your cue to tell them the story of what He has done for you.
People argue with theology. Nobody can argue with your story.
We don’t “convert” anyone with our understanding of the issues.
We tell our story.
Seek after Him and tell others.
That’s the workflow.
If we just focused on this, the town square would look vastly different.
— LRM
God made this personal for me. Here’s that story.